Hippo, birdie, two ewes...

... to elimloth!! Have a great one!!

Walkies

(Cross-posted to healthy_fen)

Drove out to the creek this time, wearing the Keen hiking boots with new arch supports. Started out strong, but started feeling calf pain after around 15 minutes. Dropped the pace down, which brought the heart rate down to the 115-119 range. Somewhere around 25 minutes I seemed to find a pace that didn't hurt but kept the rate up, so I kept going under Leigh Ave. and continued on to Meridian. Somewhere around 50 minutes my rate started going up past 120, presumably because I was finally getting tired.

Don't know whether the initial problems were due to the shoes, the pace, yesterday's exercise, or the fact that I was mostly walking on asphalt. This will take some experimentation, I think.

Stats: Total time: 1:20; Average heart rate: 120; Max: 133.

Sunday wrap-up

Went to Santana Row (the local very upscale shopping center) with the flower_cat and chaoswolf for their "first annual Pear Festival". No big deal -- basically just a couple of craft booths added to their usual Sunday farmer's market. Had a good lunch, though. Did a little window shopping, and some actual shopping in Borders. Not too fond of chain bookstores, but it's the one that's there. The Cat got a couple of cookbooks for the Wolfling, and I picked up a copy of The Children of Hurin, which for some reason I never got around to buying when it came out.

After that we swapped daughters and went to Sports Basement to see whether we could fit the two of them in shoes. Got a pair of New Balance for the Y.D.; the Cat's feet (high-arched, extra wide, and somewhat swollen) proved impossible to fit. But she's promised to look for shoes with real arch support -- I think it'll help with her knee, hip, and back problems. I got yet another pair of Superfeet arch supports, so now I have them for all three of the shoes I wear on a regular basis.

Unlike my first pair of Superfeet a couple of years ago, I don't seem to have had any trouble getting used to these.